After dominating his bout in what was dubbed the Solstice Slam, Alaska Beatdown’s second annual gathering to mark the approach of the longest day of the year, Team Counterstrike’s Dehling has shown he should never be on an undercard.

Juneau’s 30th annual Only Fools Run At Midnight began promptly with a countdown one-minute before midnight Saturday at Centennial Hall, with more than 700 participants taking to the streets. As runners went along the course — either a 5K or 1-mile run, depending on kind of fool you are — local citizens cheered from parked cars, bedroom windows and road banks along the route.

The cheers grew louder as the runners began crossing the finish line at Centennial Hall and announcers welcomed each runner.

“She wanted to finish under 12 days, so she got that goal accomplished,” crew chief and husband Jim Sheufelt said Sunday evening. “We didn’t really have a great idea how long this would take when we started. Everything was definitely thrown off when she had to take the night off and go to the hospital.”

When little Johnny or Jane puts on their school satchel, let us hope they are carrying an apple for their teacher … and not ‘packing some heat’ to feel safe.

The often seemingly harmless and sometimes horrific effects of hazing and bullying have attracted the attention of Alaska lawmakers in recent years.

Two bills that would have criminalized hazing and required school districts to include policies against it were introduced last year but failed to gain traction (SB91 from Sen. Anna Fairclough, R-Eagle River, and HB189 from Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka).

Juneau’s Midnight Suns Post 25 American Legion baseball team kept their record unblemished on the season as they topped visiting South Anchorage Post 4 in a double-header on Saturday, winning 4-3 in a nine-inning league game and 8-2 in a seven-inning league game, both on the Adair Kennedy Memorial Park diamond.